Kamasami Kong talks with Nathan East

Our interview guest this week is jazz, R&B and rock bass player Nathan East, an amazing person who has met both U.S. President Barack Obama and the pope, and has colorful stories about meeting both.

Japan Today’s Kamasami Kong talks with Nathan about the following:

• Meeting and playing for Obama, and what Obama said to him after the performance • The spiritual feeling he had when meeting the pope • Being the bassist for Eric Clapton and what he's like off stage • His love for Japan and working with Japanese artists • His globally televised Grammy performance (last month) of "Get Lucky" with Stevie Wonder, Daft Punk, Nile Rodgers, and Pharell • Questions from Facebook fans • His impressions of BB King, Rolling Stones, Michael McDonald, Rod Stewart, Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan • And he gives us samples of some of the songs from his new CD (to be released globally on Yamaha Records, Japan on March 19).

Enjoy the interview. As always, we look forward to your comments and suggestions.

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